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INCOME TAXES - Components of income tax and deferred tax (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
Feb. 28, 2013
Components of income (loss) before income tax expense      
U.S. $ 34,876,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 38,147,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 50,834,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Non-U.S. 112,338,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 68,987,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 84,680,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Income before income taxes 147,214,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 107,134,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 135,514,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
U.S.      
Current 18,525,000hele_CurrentFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 24,736,000hele_CurrentFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 26,369,000hele_CurrentFederalStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred (3,014,000)hele_DeferredFederalStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (9,021,000)hele_DeferredFederalStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (8,776,000)hele_DeferredFederalStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
U.S. 15,511,000hele_FederalStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations 15,715,000hele_FederalStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations 17,593,000hele_FederalStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations
Non-U.S.      
Current (645,000)us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 6,254,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 5,464,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred 1,184,000us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (1,083,000)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (3,209,000)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Non-U.S. 539,000us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations 5,171,000us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations 2,255,000us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations
Total 16,050,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 20,886,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 19,848,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective income tax rate reconciliation      
Expected effective income tax rate at the U.S. statutory rate (as a percent) 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Impact of U.S. state income taxes and other (as a percent) 2.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 2.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (0.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Decrease in income taxes resulting from income from non-U.S. operations subject to varying income tax rates (as a percent) (10.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (9.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (11.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Effect of zero tax rate in Macau (as a percent) 16.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays 12.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays 8.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays
Decrease in income taxes resulting from tax audit settlements (as a percent) (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements (0.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements  
Effect of asset impairment charges, most of which are non-deductible (as a percent) 1.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses 3.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses  
Effective income tax rate (as a percent) 10.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 19.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 14.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Deferred tax assets, gross:      
Operating loss carryforwards 17,193,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 17,455,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards  
Accounts receivable 4,367,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts 4,068,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts  
Inventories 8,450,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory 8,528,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory  
Accrued expenses and other 17,666,000hele_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAccruedExpensesAndOther 20,307,000hele_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAccruedExpensesAndOther  
Foreign currency contracts, interest rate swaps, and deferred exchange gains 68,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherComprehensiveLoss 528,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherComprehensiveLoss  
Total gross deferred tax assets 47,744,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 50,886,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross  
Valuation allowance (16,982,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (15,602,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Deferred tax liabilities:      
Depreciation and amortization (54,788,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment (60,670,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Net increase in valuation allowance $ 1,380,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount