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Debt (Details 4) (USD $)	Nov. 30, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014
Long-term debt
Limit on additional debt borrowings	$ 149,110,000hele_DebtInstrumentAdditionalBorrowingCapacityAmountLimit
Credit Agreement
Long-term debt
Maximum revolving commitment	570,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
3.90% unsecured Senior Notes | Fair Values
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	82,674,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member	83,951,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member
3.90% unsecured Senior Notes | Fair Values | Significant Other Observable Market Inputs (Level 2)
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	82,674,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member	83,951,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member
3.90% unsecured Senior Notes | Fair Values | Significant Other Observable Market Inputs (Level 2) | Discounted cash flow analysis
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	82,670,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member / us-gaap_ValuationTechniqueAxis = hele_DiscountedCashFlowValuationTechniqueMember
3.90% unsecured Senior Notes | Book value
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	$ 80,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member

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Represents the limit on the additional amount of debt, from all sources, that may be borrowed.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682



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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

-Article 5

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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