Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2013 VEB	Jan. 11, 2010 VEB	Dec. 31, 2012 Land Improvements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Building [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Machinery and Equipment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Deferred Brochure Costs [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Deferred Brochure Costs [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Paper Supply [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Paper Supply [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member] Office Equipment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum [Member] Office Equipment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Silpada [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Silpada [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Silpada [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Silpada [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 China [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 China [Member] USD ($)
Minimum Venezuela currency exchange rate							2.15
Minimum Venezuela currency exchange rate							4.30
Maximum Venezuela currency exchange rate for essential goods							2.60
Exchange rate net charges on other expense, net		46,100,000
Exchange rate net charges on income taxes		12,700,000
Venezuela foreign currency devaluation						32.00%
Maximum Venezuela currency exchange rate						6.30
Prepaid expenses and other	930,900,000		832,000,000	930,900,000							45,700,000	45,800,000	13,500,000	25,300,000
Brochure Costs			509,300,000	507,700,000	472,700,000
Brochure income			286,700,000	293,500,000	291,000,000
Estimated useful lives								20 years	45 years	15 years					5 years	10 years
Capitalized interest			2,000,000	400,000	5,300,000
Capitalization period of software			5 years
Capitalized software	176,700,000		235,400,000	176,700,000
Impairment of goodwill and intangible asset	263,000,000		253,000,000	263,000,000	0												209,000,000	263,000,000	209,000,000	263,000,000	44,000,000	44,000,000
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries			2,500,000,000
Shipping and handling costs			1,030,300,000	1,071,700,000	968,800,000
Advertising costs			253,600,000	311,200,000	400,400,000
Research and development costs			$ 75,200,000	$ 77,700,000	$ 72,600,000
Antidilutive stock options excluded from diluted earnings per share			22.0	22.9	18.5
Stock options excluded from computation of earnings per share due to net loss			0.6