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MERGER WITH NATURA COSMETICOS S.A. (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	May 22, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Jan. 03, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 30, 2019
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Stock, shares authorized (in shares)						1,525,000,000
Common stock, authorized (in shares)		1,000				1,500,000,000
Common stock (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01			$ 0.25	$ 0.25
Preferred stock, authorized (in shares)						25,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01				$ 1.00
Stock converted or cancelled (in shares)		550,890,788
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)		101.34
Settlement of stock options			$ 25.8	$ 0.0
Minimum
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Lost tax attributes		$ 480.0
Maximum
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Lost tax attributes		550.0
Merger Agreement
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Share conversion ratio	60.00%
Transaction costs			44.0			$ 44.0
Severance costs		25.0	25.0
Accelerated share based compensation		10.0	$ 10.0
Settlement of stock options		26.0
Deferred compensation expense		12.0
Write off debt issuance costs		$ 7.8
Merger Agreement \| Natura & Co
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Common stock composing one American depository shares (in shares)					2
American Depositary Shares \| Merger Agreement
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Share conversion ratio	30.00%