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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS - Non-vested stock option activity (Details) (Stock Option Officers Employees and Consultants [Member], USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013
Stock Option Officers Employees and Consultants [Member]
Non-Vested Options
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares)	728us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	689us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	617us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember
Grants (in shares)	257us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	264us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	309us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember
Vested or forfeited (in shares)	(311)hele_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndNonvestedOptionsForfeitedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	(225)hele_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndNonvestedOptionsForfeitedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	(237)hele_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndNonvestedOptionsForfeitedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares)	674us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	728us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	689us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedNumberOfShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per share)
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 12.74us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 12.62us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 10.99us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember
Grants (in dollars per share)	$ 25.22us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 11.61us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 14.09us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember
Vested or forfeited (in dollars per share)	$ 13.87hele_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndNonvestedOptionsForfeitedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 11.06hele_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndNonvestedOptionsForfeitedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 10.29hele_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndNonvestedOptionsForfeitedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 16.98us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 12.74us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember	$ 12.62us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = hele_StockOptionOfficersEmployeesAndConsultantsMember

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Represents the combined number of options vested and non-vested options forfeited.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (d)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Number of non-vested options outstanding.

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