Supplemental Cash Flow Information	12 Months Ended
Supplemental Cash Flow Information	Dec. 31, 2012
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]
Supplemental Cash Flow Information	NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 18. Supplemental Cash Flow Information Cash paid for interest totaled $6.2 million, $5.2 million and $5.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. Cash paid for income taxes totaled $61.2 million, $75.6 million and $95.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. There was a non-cash item for the year ended December 31, 2012 of $7.0 million in deferred tax liabilities and intangibles in conjunction with the NOX Technologies, Inc. acquisition. There was a non-cash item for the year ended December 31, 2010, of $17.0 million for the purchase of the corporate office and warehouse space as described in Note 3.

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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