DEBT (Details) $ in Thousands, ¥ in Billions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2015 JPY (¥)		Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 JPY (¥)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Facilities [Abstract]
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 66,743								$ 82,770
Debt discount	4,600
Credit Agreement Term Loan Facility U.S. Dollar Denominated [Member]
Debt Facilities [Abstract]
Original principal amount	127,500
Balance	$ 121,100	[1],[2]					$ 125,900
Interest rate	Variable 30 day: 2.447
Interest rate	2.447%		2.447%
Repayment terms	One half of the principal amount payable in increasing quarterly installments over a five-year period that began on December 31, 2014, with the remainder payable at the end of the five-year term.
Term	5 years
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 57,100
Credit Agreement Term Loan Facility Japanese Yen Denominated [Member]
Debt Facilities [Abstract]
Original principal amount | ¥			¥ 6.6
Balance	$ 52,300	[1],[2]	¥ 6.3	[1],[2]			54,400	¥ 6.5
Interest rate	Variable 30 day: 2.305
Interest rate	2.305%		2.305%
Repayment terms	One half of the principal amount payable in increasing quarterly installments over a five-year period that began on December 31, 2014, with the remainder payable at the end of the five-year term.
Term	5 years
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 4,100
Credit Agreement Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Facilities [Abstract]
Original principal amount	0
Balance	$ 47,500	[1],[2]					72,500
Interest rate	Variable 30 day: 2.447
Interest rate	2.447%		2.447%
Repayment terms	Revolving line of credit expires October 2019.
Korea Subsidiary Loan [Member]
Debt Facilities [Abstract]
Original principal amount	$ 20,000
Balance	$ 20,000	[1],[2]					0
Interest rate	1.12%		1.12%
Repayment terms	One half of the principal amount payable on March 17, 2017 and the remainder payable on March 16, 2018.
Unsecured Bonds [Member]
Debt Facilities [Abstract]
Original principal amount | ¥			¥ 2.0
Balance	$ 16,700		¥ 2.0				$ 0	¥ 0.0
Interest rate	0.66%		0.66%
Repayment terms	Payable in semi-annual installments over three years beginning January 31, 2016.
Term	3 years
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 5,500
Nu Skin Japan Co., Ltd. [Member] | Unsecured Bonds [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Facilities [Abstract]
Original principal amount					$ 0	¥ 0.0
Term	0 years

[1] As of June 30, 2015, the current portion of the Company's debt (i.e. becoming due in the next 12 months) included $71.3 million of the balance of its U.S. dollar denominated debt under the Credit Agreement term loan facility and $3.7 million of the balance of its Japanese yen-denominated debt under the Credit Agreement term loan facility. The Company has classified the amount borrowed under the Credit Agreement revolving credit facility as short term because it is the Company's intention to use this line of credit to borrow and pay back funds over short periods of time.

[2] The carrying value of the debt reflects the amounts stated in the above table less debt financing costs of $4.9 million, which are not reflected in this table.