HE'S the nail artist to the stars and has worked with Kate Moss on developing her own range of nail polish.

But 42-year-old Adam Slee isn't the kind of man you'd normally associate with the fashion industry.

"I played rugby for Lydney for years and they've been able to have a joke about my job for 20 years," he laughed.

"But when I tell them I'm spending time with models and actresses, they soon say 'maybe he wasn't that daft after all'!"

Adam began working in his mother's salon, Nail Attraction, 21-years ago before moving to the capital in 2008.

Since then, he's been appointed by Rimmel to work with Kate Moss and has painted the nails of countless models on shoots for magazines like Vogue and Glamour, as well as for fashion shoots and music videos.

"It's an amazing job, because it doesn't feel like a job," he said.

"A lot of the time I wonder how I'm getting away with this.

"It's a very uncertain career, though. Money isn't always guaranteed.

"In some ways the uncertainty is also the best part of this job; never knowing where you are going to be working.

"A lot of the time I'm on the Underground carrying a huge suitcase full of nail stuff and then at other times I could be on a boat party in Ibiza."

For more on Adam, pick up a copy of this week's edition of The Forester.