Short-term Borrowings and Long-term Debt (Details 2) (USD $)					9 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2013 ABL facility	Jun. 30, 2013 ABL facility Restricted payments up to $30.0 million	Sep. 30, 2011 ABL facility Sally Holdings, LLC	Jul. 26, 2013 ABL facility after Second Amendment Subsequent Event	Jul. 26, 2013 ABL facility after Second Amendment Restricted payments up to $30.0 million Subsequent Event	Jul. 26, 2013 ABL facility after Second Amendment Restricted payments in excess of $30.0 million Subsequent Event	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior notes due 2019 and 2022 item	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior notes due 2019 and 2022 Maximum
Fiscal Year:
2014	$ 76,734,000
2015	393,000
Thereafter	1,608,613,000
Total	1,685,740,000				75,500,000
Capital lease obligations	5,021,000
Less: current portion	(77,513,000)	(1,908,000)
Total long-term debt	1,613,248,000	1,615,322,000
Secured Leverage Ratio, threshold					4.0
Secured Leverage Ratio					0.2
Consolidated Coverage Ratio, threshold											2.0
Consolidated Coverage Ratio											6.1
Number of consecutive fiscal quarters											4
Percentage of Sally Holdings and its subsidiaries cumulative consolidated net earnings											50.00%
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, threshold											3.25
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio											2.7
Cash and cash equivalents	53,444,000	240,220,000	53,974,000	63,481,000								100,000,000
Restricted payments									30,000,000
Minimum borrowing availability					40,000,000	80,000,000		40,000,000	75,000,000	100,000,000
Percentage of borrowing base					15.00%	20.00%		10.00%	15.00%	20.00%
Period prior to payments of dividends and other equity distributions up to certain thresholds under the terms of the credit facility must be met									45 days	45 days
Consolidated Fixed-Charge Coverage Ratio, threshold					1.1			1.0		1.1
Percentage of lesser of $150.0 million or borrowing base, considered for applicability of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio										0.30
Consolidated Fixed-Charge Coverage Ratio					3.8	1.2
Revolving credit facility borrowing availability							$ 400,000,000	$ 500,000,000		$ 150,000,000
Trailing period preceding proposed Restricted Payment										12 months