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Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Details 2) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014
Financial instruments and risk management
Floating rate debt	$ 475,710,000hele_DebtPercentageBearingVariableInterestAmount
Repayment of principal	76,900,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
3.90% unsecured Senior Notes
Financial instruments and risk management
Fixed rate debt	80,000,000us-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			75,000,000us-gaap_LongtermDebtPercentageBearingVariableInterestAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember
Repayment of principal		$ 75,000,000us-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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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.

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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.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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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.

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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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