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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Inventory and Licenses (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013
Summary of significant accounting policies
General and administrative expenses charged to inventory	$ 36.37us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeCostsInInventoryAmountIncurred	$ 36.23us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeCostsInInventoryAmountIncurred	$ 30.28us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeCostsInInventoryAmountIncurred
General and administrative expenses directly attributable to the procurement of inventory included in inventory balances	$ 12.52us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeCostsInInventoryAmountRemaining	$ 12.26us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeCostsInInventoryAmountRemaining
Concentration Risk, Percentage	0.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1	0.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1	0.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Supplier concentration risk
Summary of significant accounting policies
Number of third-party manufacturers	2hele_NumberOfThirdPartyManufacturers / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
Number of suppliers exceeding 10 percent of product requirements	1hele_NumberOfSuppliersWhoFulfilledTenPercentOrMoreOfProductRequirements / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
Cost of goods sold manufactured by vendors | Supplier concentration risk | Vendors in Far East
Summary of significant accounting policies
Concentration Risk, Percentage	67.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_CostOfGoodsTotalMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / hele_MajorSuppliersAxis = hele_SuppliersInFarEastMember	69.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_CostOfGoodsTotalMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / hele_MajorSuppliersAxis = hele_SuppliersInFarEastMember	68.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_CostOfGoodsTotalMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / hele_MajorSuppliersAxis = hele_SuppliersInFarEastMember
Cost of goods sold manufactured by vendors | Supplier concentration risk | Top two manufacturers
Summary of significant accounting policies
Concentration Risk, Percentage	17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_CostOfGoodsTotalMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / hele_MajorSuppliersAxis = hele_TopTwoSuppliersMember
Cost of goods sold manufactured by vendors | Supplier concentration risk | Top five suppliers
Summary of significant accounting policies
Concentration Risk, Percentage	31.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_CostOfGoodsTotalMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember / hele_MajorSuppliersAxis = hele_TopFiveSuppliersMember
Net sales revenue | Net sales revenue subject to trademark license agreements
Summary of significant accounting policies
Concentration Risk, Percentage	42.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_RevenueFromRightsConcentrationRiskMember	44.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_RevenueFromRightsConcentrationRiskMember	44.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_RevenueFromRightsConcentrationRiskMember
Net sales revenue | Net sales revenue subject to trademark license agreements | Top Licensor
Summary of significant accounting policies
Concentration Risk, Percentage	19.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_RevenueFromRightsConcentrationRiskMember / hele_MajorSuppliersAxis = hele_TopLicensorMember
Number of licensors exceeding 10 percent of net sales revenue	1hele_NumberOfLicensorsResponsibleForTenPercentOrMoreOfNetSalesRevenue / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_RevenueFromRightsConcentrationRiskMember / hele_MajorSuppliersAxis = hele_TopLicensorMember

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The number of licensors for which the entity's revenue subject to royalty payments exceeded, during the period, ten percent or more of net sales revenue.

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