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Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Details 2) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2014
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Floating rate debt | $ 475,710,000 hele_DebtPercentageBearingVariableInterestAmount |  |
Repayment of principal | 76,900,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt |  |
3.90% unsecured Senior Notes |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Fixed rate debt | 80,000,000 us-gaap_LongtermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member |  |
Fixed interest rate (as a percent) | 3.90%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member |  |
Effective fixed interest rate on debt (as a percent) | 3.90%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member |  |
Unsecured floating interest rate Senior Notes due June 2014 |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Floating rate debt amount |  |  | 75,000,000 us-gaap_LongtermDebtPercentageBearingVariableInterestAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember
Repayment of principal |  | $ 75,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember |
Interest rate swaps | Unsecured floating interest rate Senior Notes due June 2014 |  |  |
Financial instruments and risk management |  |  |
Effective fixed interest rate on debt (as a percent) |  |  | 6.01%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember
Percentage of change in floating interest rate offset by swap |  |  | 100.00%hele_PercentageOfChangeInFloatingInterestRateOffsetByDerivativeInstruments / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember
Effectiveness percentage of swap |  |  | 100.00%hele_DerivativeInstrumentsEffectivenessPercentage / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember

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- Definition The portion of the aggregate carrying amount of short-term and long-term borrowings (including current maturities) outstanding as of the balance sheet date which accrues interest at a rate subject to change from time to time. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the percentage of the change in any period of the underlying debt's floating rate payments that is offset by the change in the spread between the fixed rate payment side and the floating rate receipt side of the swap. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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- Definition The interest rate applicable to the portion of the carrying amount of long-term borrowings outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including current maturities, which accrues interest at a set, unchanging rate. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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