SCHEDULE 13G

Amendment No. 2
Helen of Troy Corporation
common stock
Cusip # 423088103
Filing Fee: No


Cusip # 423088103
Item 1:   Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID:  04-2507163)
Item 4:   Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Item 5:   None
Item 6:   None
Item 7:   None
Item 8:   None
Item 9:   None
Item 11:  0.00%
Item 12:  HC 




Cusip # 423088103
Item 1:   Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d - (Tax ID:  ###-##-####)
Item 4:   United States of America
Item 5:   None
Item 6:   None
Item 7:   None
Item 8:   None
Item 9:   None
Item 11:  0.00%
Item 12:  IN 




SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)


Item 1(a).    Name of Issuer:

         Helen of Troy Corporation

Item 1(b).    Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

         6827 Market Avenue
         El Paso, TX  79915

Item 2(a).    Name of Person Filing: 

         FMR Corp.

Item 2(b).    Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

         82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02109

Item 2(c).    Citizenship:

         Not applicable

Item 2(d).    Title of Class of Securities:

         Common Stock

Item 2(e).    CUSIP Number:  

         423088103

Item 3.  This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the
person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance
with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G).  (Note:  See Item 7).

Item 4.  Ownership

         (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:    None

         (b)  Percent of Class:   0.00%

         (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:  

              (i)   sole power to vote or to direct the vote:   None

              (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None 

              (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
    None

              (iv)  shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of: None 




Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

         If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as
of the date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be
the beneficial owner of any of the class of securities,
check the following (X).

Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

         Not applicable.

Item 7.  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

         Not applicable. 

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group.

         Not applicable.

Item 10. Certification.

         Inasmuch as the reporting persons are no longer the beneficial
owners of any of the number of shares outstanding, the reporting
persons have no further reporting obligation under section 13(d)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the
reporting persons have no obligation to amend this Statement if
any material change occurs in the facts set forth herein.


Signature

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct. 



    February 11, 1994   
Date



         
Signature



    Arthur S. Loring, Vice President
    
Name/Title