DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Detail)	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 reporting_unit	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) segment Customer	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013	Jun. 30, 2011
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of operating segments | segment						3
Expenses incidental to being a public holding company						$ 9,000,000	$ 9,800,000	$ 8,100,000
Cash equivalents	$ 1,600,000					1,600,000	6,300,000
Outstanding checks	19,500,000					$ 19,500,000	$ 2,200,000
Concentration risk, number of major customers | Customer						3	3
Property, plant and equipment, net	215,300,000					$ 215,300,000	$ 212,000,000
Amortization expense						103,200,000	102,600,000	76,700,000
Net deferred financing costs	21,300,000					21,300,000	26,900,000
Impairment of long-lived assets						0	0	5,900,000
Number of reporting units | reporting_unit					4
Goodwill impairment charge	9,700,000					9,700,000	0	0
Impairment of intangible assets						0	0	0
Advertising expenses						375,100,000	383,200,000	278,500,000
Distribution costs						80,200,000	84,900,000	66,500,000
Research and development expenditures						31,200,000	31,600,000	26,900,000
Foreign currency exchange rate									6.3
Foreign currency losses from re-measurement		$ 1,900,000		$ 600,000		$ 19,500,000	$ 25,500,000	5,900,000
Revlon Venezuela [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate		193	53							5.5
Foreign currency losses from re-measurement			$ 6,000,000
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage						27.00%	31.00%
Land Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						20 years
Land Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						30 years
Buildings and improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						5 years
Buildings and improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						50 years
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						3 years
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						15 years
Furniture and fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						3 years
Furniture and fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						15 years
Capitalized software [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						2 years
Capitalized software [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						10 years
Wall display [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 65,600,000					$ 65,600,000	$ 63,300,000
Amortization expense						$ 41,300,000	$ 42,500,000	$ 39,200,000
Wall display [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						1 year
Wall display [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life						3 years