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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - Summary of PPNE (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, gross	$ 208,222,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 200,633,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation	(82,154,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	(71,516,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property and equipment, net	126,068,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	129,117,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation expense	14,330,000us-gaap_Depreciation	12,230,000us-gaap_Depreciation	12,030,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Capital expenditures for property and equipment	5,360,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions	40,120,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions	13,610,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions
Rent expense related to operating leases	5,010,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	5,680,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	6,390,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet
Olive Branch, Mississippi distribution facility
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Capital expenditures for property and equipment		34,030,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = hele_DistributionFacilityOliveBranchMississippiMember	4,030,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = hele_DistributionFacilityOliveBranchMississippiMember
Land
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, gross	12,800,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember	12,800,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember
Land | Olive Branch, Mississippi distribution facility
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Area (in square feet or acres)	84us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = hele_DistributionFacilityOliveBranchMississippiMember
Building and improvements
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, gross	102,058,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember	98,660,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Building and improvements | Minimum
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Estimated useful life	3 years
Building and improvements | Maximum
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Estimated useful life	40 years
Building and improvements | Olive Branch, Mississippi distribution facility
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Area (in square feet or acres)	1,300,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = hele_DistributionFacilityOliveBranchMississippiMember
Computer, furniture and other equipment
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, gross	64,464,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = hele_ComputerFurnitureAndOtherEquipmentMember	60,291,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = hele_ComputerFurnitureAndOtherEquipmentMember
Computer, furniture and other equipment | Minimum
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Estimated useful life	3 years
Computer, furniture and other equipment | Maximum
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Estimated useful life	15 years
Tools, dies, molds and other production equipment
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, gross	25,861,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ToolsDiesAndMoldsMember	23,017,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ToolsDiesAndMoldsMember
Tools, dies, molds and other production equipment | Minimum
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Estimated useful life	1 year
Tools, dies, molds and other production equipment | Maximum
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Estimated useful life	10 years
Construction in progress
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, gross	$ 3,039,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember	$ 5,865,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember

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