Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended																				12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Customer segment	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Land Improvements Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Land Improvements Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Building Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Building Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Machinery, equipment and capital leases Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Machinery, equipment and capital leases Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Office furniture, fixtures and capitalized software Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Office furniture, fixtures and capitalized software Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Capitalized Software Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Capitalized Software Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Wall Display	Dec. 31, 2012 Wall Display	Dec. 31, 2011 Wall Display	Dec. 31, 2013 Wall Display Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Wall Display Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Short-term debt	Dec. 31, 2013 Cash and cash equivalents	Dec. 31, 2012 Revlon Venezuela	Feb. 13, 2013 Revlon Venezuela	Jun. 30, 2011 Revlon Venezuela	Mar. 31, 2011 Revlon Venezuela
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of operating segment (segment)			2
Public company holding expenses			$ 8,100,000	$ 19,300,000	$ 7,400,000
Cash equivalents carrying value			1,200,000	3,400,000
Outstanding checks			6,400,000	8,300,000
Bank overdrafts																					3,200,000
Restricted cash																						3,200,000
Number of customers (customers)			3	3
Percentage of aggregated outstanding account receivable (percent)			30.00%	31.00%
Property plant and equipment useful life						20 years	30 years	10 years	50 years	3 years	15 years	3 years	15 years	2 years	5 years				1 year	5 years
Property, plant and equipment, net			195,900,000	99,500,000												62,700,000	60,800,000
Depreciation and amortization			76,700,000	64,900,000	60,600,000											39,200,000	36,000,000	35,200,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs			32,500,000	15,300,000
Impairment of long-lived assets			5,900,000
Advertising expenses			273,200,000	252,600,000	256,300,000
Distribution Cost			66,500,000	61,100,000	60,200,000
Research and development expense			26,900,000	24,200,000	23,800,000
Currency restrictions used amount of per day (maximum $50,000 per day)																							50,000
Currency restrictions used monthly (maximum $350,000 per month)																							350,000
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation																								6.30	5.5	4.3
Decrease in net sales from devaluation			(2,200,000)
Decrease in operating income from devaluation			(600,000)
Venezuela devaluation foreign currency loss	$ 600,000	$ 1,700,000